Railroad-tie and clamp.



K. D. QUARRIER. RAILROAD TIE AND CLAMP.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 7 1912 Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

Application filed May 7, 1912. Serial No. 695,730.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KEITH D. QUARRIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wevaco, in the county of Kanawha and State of est Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties and Clamps, of which the following is a specification.

My improved tie and clamp is especially designed for use in mines and other places where it is necessary to frequently move the tracks, and it is desirable to have a construction of track which can be readily assembled and disassembled. Of course, it will be understood that my invention may be employed in the construction of permanent tracks.

The object of my invention is to provide a tie and clamp of simple construction which will firmly hold the rails in alinement and from tipping, the clamp and tie being of such construction that they may be quickly assembled and disassembled on the rails.

WVith this and minor objects in view, my invention consists of the parts and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawing Figure l is a perspective view of a railroad rail clamped by my improved tie and clamp, parts being broken away; Fig. 2 is a sectional view through two rails with my improved clamp and tie in position; Fig. 3 is a detail top plan view; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a my invention; and Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-6, Fig. 5, looking in the direction of the arrows.

The reference-numeral 1 designates a railroad rail of any approved type having a base flange 2 and a web 3.

The tie 4 is constructed preferably of fiat commercial metal rebent at its ends to form an abutment 5. The abutment is inclined slightly upward from the upper face of the tie as indicated by the reference numeral 6, thus forming a wedge-shape space to receive one side of the wedge-shape flange 2 of the rail. The face 7 of the abutment is vertical in order that it may bear throughout its entire area against the web of the rail. 8 are openings formed through the tie t near each end.

The clamping member comprises a lever 9 extending substantially parallel to the under side of the tie and supporting the tie upon the road bed having an upwardly bent portion 10, the bend of which is greater than a right angle, as shown in Fig. 3 so that it extends upwardly and outwardly toward the rail whereby the pressure against the clamping lever, when resting on the road bed, tends to displace the lever bodily upward and also longitudinally of the tie and toward the rail to increase the pressure of the clamping end against the web of the rail and force the rail into the V-shape end abutment of the tie. The end of the lever is then bent outwardly from said bent portion 10 to form a clamping nose 11, the clamping nose being in a plane parallel to the axis of the lever 9, the whole constituting a clamping lever. I prefer to construct the clamping lever of commercial rectangular metal as shown, but of course, any approved shape may be used.

In assembling, the outer base flange of the rail is inserted in the V-shape opening formed by the return bend on the end of the tie 4, and in order to place the clamping levers in position, it is only necessary to raise the tie up with the rail and insert the clamping levers through the openings 8, after which the track and tie are laid down, whereupon the inner ends of the levers 9 come in contact with the road bed, and the nose 11 of the lever is clamped against the web of the rail opposite to the face 7 of the return bend 5, whereupon the rail is firmly seated in the abutment and clamped to the tie by the weight of the tie and rail, the tie resting on the levers 9.

From the above, it will be seen that when assembled, the weight of the rails and the ties on the levers is sufficient to firmly clamp the rails to the ties and when the weight is increased on the rails and ties incident to the passage of a loaded car or train over the rails, the clamping action of the lever is more or less increased.

My invention obviates the necessity of spiking the rails to the tie and provides a combined tie and clamp which permits of the rails and tie being readily assembled and disassembled.

In Figs. l and 5, I have shown my invention applied to a pressed sheet metal or rolled metal tie 12 on which are struck-up or otherwise suitably formed stops or abutments 13 near each end of the tie, spaced from each end the proper distance apart according to the gage of the track.

The tie is provided with an opening 1 1, through which the clamping lever 15 passes, as clearly shown in Fig. 4:, to clamp the rail against the abutments 13 firmly on the tie. The clamping member or lever 15 is of the construction described in connection with Figs. 1 to 3 both inclusive, and the operation is the same as described in connection with these figures.

WVhile I have shown the sheet metal tie in Figs. 4: and 5, as being constructed of double channel cross section, it will, of course, be understood that I am not limited to this cross section.

I claim In a railroad track, the combination with rails having a web and base flanges extending from each side of said web, of a tie rebent to form a wedge-shape abutment space to receive one of the base flanges of the rail, said tie being provided with a vertically disposed opening near its end, and a clamping lever loosely mounted with bodily vertical movement in said opening, one end of said lever engaging the inside face of the web of the rail, while the other end of the lever is disposed substantially parallel to and beneath the under face of the tie in position to support the tie on the road bed; said ends of the clamping lever being connected by an upwardly and outwardly extending bend, whereby pressure upon the clamping lever incident to sup porting the tie develops outward pressure against the railweb to force the rail into the V-shaped abutment space.

The foregoing specification signed at VVevaco, W. Va, this 16th day of April,

KEITH D. QUARRIER. In presence of- D. C. MORTON, E. C. HANNA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

